Volume 34, Number 11
November 2008

Original Article

Impact of obesity in mechanically ventilated patients: a prospective study

Jean-Pierre Frat, Valérie Gissot, Stéphanie Ragot, Arnaud Desachy, Isabelle Runge, Christine Lebert, René Robert
Pages 1991 - 1998

Obesity is associated with increased morbidity but not mortality in critically ill patients

Yasser Sakr, Christian Madl, Daniela Filipescu, Rui Moreno, Johan Groeneveld, Antonio Artigas, Konrad Reinhart, Jean-Louis Vincent
Pages 1999 - 2009

Physiologic response to varying levels of pressure support and neurally adjusted ventilatory assist in patients with acute respiratory failure

Davide Colombo, Gianmaria Cammarota, Valentina Bergamaschi, Marta De Lucia, Francesco Della Corte, Paolo Navalesi
Pages 2010 - 2018

Recruitability of the lung estimated by the pressure volume curve hysteresis in ARDS patients

Didier Demory, Jean-Michel Arnal, Marc Wysocki, Stéphane Donati, Isabelle Granier, Gaëlle Corno, Jacques Durand-Gasselin
Pages 2019 - 2025

Proportional assist ventilation with load-adjustable gain factors in critically ill patients: comparison with pressure support

Nektaria Xirouchaki, Eumorfia Kondili, Katerina Vaporidi, George Xirouchakis, Maria Klimathianaki, George Gavriilidis, Evi Alexandopoulou, Maria Plataki, Christina Alexopoulou, Dimitris Georgopoulos
Pages 2026 - 2034

Intrapulmonary percussive ventilation superimposed on conventional ventilation: bench study of humidity and ventilator behaviour

Jean Dellamonica, Bruno Louis, Aissam Lyazidi, Frédéric Vargas, Laurent Brochard
Pages 2035 - 2043

Image reconstruction affects computer tomographic assessment of lung hyperinflation

Andreas W. Reske, Harald Busse, Marcelo B. P. Amato, Matthias Jaekel, Thomas Kahn, Peter Schwarzkopf, Dierk Schreiter, Udo Gottschaldt, Matthias Seiwerts
Pages 2044 - 2053

From the ICU to the ward: cross-checking of the physician’s transfer report by intensive care nurses

Andreas Perren, Patrik Conte, Nunzio De Bitonti, Costanzo Limoni, Paolo Merlani
Pages 2054 - 2061

Non-invasive assessment of intracranial pressure using ocular sonography in neurocritical care patients

Thomas Geeraerts, Sybille Merceron, Dan Benhamou, Bernard Vigué, Jacques Duranteau
Pages 2062 - 2067

Antithrombin level and circuit thrombosis during hemofiltration after cardiopulmonary bypass

H. Lanquetot, T. Leprince, S. Ragot, C. Boinot, C. Jayle, R. Robert, L. Macchi
Pages 2068 - 2075

Sleep monitoring in the intensive care unit: comparison of nurse assessment, actigraphy and polysomnography

Jaime M. Beecroft, Michael Ward, Magdy Younes, Shelley Crombach, Orla Smith, Patrick J. Hanly
Pages 2076 - 2083

Prognostic value of midregional pro-atrial natriuretic peptide in ventilator-associated pneumonia

Renato Seligman, Jana Papassotiriou, Nils G. Morgenthaler, Michael Meisner, Paulo J. Z. Teixeira
Pages 2084 - 2091

Editorials

Editors’ comments on a new trial of activated protein C for persistent septic shock

Jordi Mancebo, Massimo Antonelli
Pages 1948 - 1949

Science, medicine and industry: are we getting out of the black hole in sepsis research?

Peter M. Suter, Jukka Takala
Pages 1950 - 1954

Once is not enough: clinical trials in sepsis

Daniel A. Sweeney, Robert L. Danner, Peter Q. Eichacker, Charles Natanson
Pages 1955 - 1960

ICU patients: fatter is better?

Wilfred Druml
Pages 1961 - 1963

Impact of body weight on critically ill patients: a heavy load!!

Andres Esteban, Fernando Frutos-Vivar, Antonio Anzueto
Pages 1964 - 1965

NAVA: brain over machine?

Franco Laghi
Pages 1966 - 1968

Brief Report

Pediatric Original

Review

Special Article

Systematic Review